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Increase fourfold
Answer for the clue "Increase fourfold ", 11 letters:
quadrupling
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Word definitions for quadrupling in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. increase by a factor of four
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of quadruple English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quadruple \Quad"ru*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling .] [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.] To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. --A. Smith.
Usage examples of quadrupling.
It was an odd phenomenon-a doubling or tripling or even quadrupling of the original chromosome number in a plant.
Perhaps, he thought, they had gone polyploidal, not as individuals but culturally-an international array, arriving here and effectively quadrupling the meme strands, providing the adaptability to survive in this alien terrain despite all the stress-induced mutations.
It was an odd phenomenon—a doubling or tripling or even quadrupling of the original chromosome number in a plant.
Perhaps, he thought, they had gone polyploidal, not as individuals but culturally—an international array, arriving here and effectively quadrupling the meme strands, providing the adaptability to survive in this alien terrain despite all the stress-induced mutations.
This small change in lap times has been accom-plished by quadrupling the horsepower of the machines, transforming the cars from delicate dancers, which achieved low lap times through precision handling, into thundering beasts, which rely on brutal acceleration and powerful brakes to achieve high speeds in short, bruising bursts between the corners and down the straights.